The way I see it, the cops are an extension of the government, even if it is at the local level. The government (in case you've missed the umpteen-billion threads on FR) is trying to collect lots and lots of data on us.
President Bush is letting Poindexter (somebody who broke a few laws) try and come up with all kinds of ways to track us. Ashcroft wanted us to spy on one another. I could go on, but the point is, the government wants to know who we are/what we do, etc., no reason that we can't turn that around. If the cops want to complain about it, then they need to raise the same concerns that we on FR do.
As you say, no reason why they can't turn it around.
Bingo. They're slowly making it us v them by getting bigger bolder and more invasive. Then they're surprised when us treats them like them treats us.
Hey mom, hows my grammar!?